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Flamb\'e

Flam`b['e]"\, a. [F., p.p. of flamber to singe, pass (a thing) through flame. Cf. Flambeau.] (Ceramics) Decorated by glaze splashed or irregularly spread upon the surface, or apparently applied at the top and allowed to run down the sides; -- said of pieces of Chinese porcelain.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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